As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

